At Home with Autism

Jakob made the choice to take out the trash and change his sheets and unload the dishwasher without any pressure from me. But I did inspire him to do it. I explain how. And smack dab in the middle, I get a facetime call from him. You'll get to hear how these calls usually go. As always, he's a hoot! And how these podcasts are helping him become a better communicator...it's so exciting!!

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Jakob works hard at everything he does. And he does it all with so much enthusiasm. You can hear it in his voice as he talks about the things he does around the house to help me out. He was smiling non-stop while we recorded this and I think you'll feel it, especially when we talk about toilet paper...

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Before I could do anything to help Jakob, I had to change the way I was thinking about things. His autism, his behaviors, and pretty much everything else in my life. And here is how I began doing that...

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Jakob wants to talk about the playroom and what we did in there, so we do! I am so impressed with Jakob and this podcast. Communication is hard for him. What he wants to say isn't always what comes out. There are verbal impulses he struggles to control. So it takes so much focus and can be exhausting to get his mouth to do what his brain wants it to. He works so hard. And he's doing an amazing job.

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Ending the marriage, asking questions and finding answers, and going against what the experts said to do.

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Jenn and Jakob discuss some of the reasons they believe Jakob has autism.

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What happened in utero through the beginning of treatment of Jakob's autism. And how Jenn went from terrified to curious to inspired.

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